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Without Skin

2014 · 80 min

An intimate, claustrophobic chamber piece that simmers with youthful intensity and uneasy erotic tension.

Overview
Summer. During the admission to the acting school, Lisa gets acquainted with one of the entrants and leads him to the sculpture workshop of her father, where they spend several days together. In a closed space, their relationship becomes a game. Without borders, without time, without skin. An intimate depiction of a passionate, and sometimes violent, relationship between two young actors at an acting school in St Petersburg.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance6
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Vladimir Bek
Written by
Vladimir Bek
Starring
Elizaveta Ryzhih, Petr Skvortsov, Aleksandr Gorchilin
Cinematography
Ksenia Sereda
Runtime
80 min
Country
Russia
Languages
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